CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - It’s been nearly nine years since astronauts blasted into space from American soil. Thanks to Mother Nature, it will be at least three more days.
Bad weather out in the Atlantic postponed the Wednesday afternoon launch attempt for SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission, pushing it to the next launch opportunity this weekend.
Wind and waves kicked up by the short-lived Tropical Storm Bertha were expected to violate launch weather rules set in case the Dragon capsule has to abort during launch and splash down at sea.
The weather over Launch Pad 39A was looking iffy as well. The delay was not unexpected; U.S. Space Force forecasters had given the mission only a 60-percent chance of acceptable weather during the instantaneous launch